The purpose of this activity is to support students using naming common two-dimensional shapes using mathematical terms. Students also explore where in real-life they encounter these shapes.
Show the students the pictures in the Copymaster.
For each picture I show you, I want you to find the matching shape in our set.
How do you know that you have chosen the matching shape?
What did you look for?
For example, show the picture of the drum and look for students to identify the cylinder as the matching shape.
Cube 8 corners 12 edges 6 faces that are squares Looks like a die (dice) | Sphere A 3-dimensional circle No corners, edges, or faces Looks like a netball |
Next steps
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